#4E4745#4E4745

#4E4745 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.010 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E4745
RGB	rgb(78, 71, 69)
HSL	hsl(13, 6%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(13, 12%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 11.5%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 2.53, 2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 3.40, 41.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0081 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.01 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4692, 6.5560, 6.5537)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E4745 #454C4E

analogous

#4E4548 #4E4745 #4E4C45

triadic

#4E4745 #454E47 #47454E

tetradic

#4E4745 #484E45 #454C4E #4C454E

square

#4E4745 #484E45 #454C4E #4C454E

split-complementary

#4E4745 #454E4C #45484E

monochromatic

#100F0E #2E2928 #4E4745 #6E6562 #8E837F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#4E4745 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#4E4745 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E4745

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E4745	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E4745	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e4745;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 71, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.010 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f7a78',
    500: '#4e4745',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e4745;
$custom-light: #7f7a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e4745",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 6.122,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40419,
    "c": 0.01007,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E4745

secondary

#727A7D

accent

#A3AF79

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEDED

border

#C9C8C8

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E4745

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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